Utah Travel Headlines Blog

Friday, August 14, 2009

Fed-State Land Swap Includes Corona Arch

Corona and Bowtie arches, near Moab, are popular destinations, very photogenic, sitting on land owned by the State of Utah.

Now, in an interesting swap, the state wants to trade ownership to the federal government, in exchange for oil-rich land in NE Utah. That means appraisers have to somehow come up with a dollar value for the arches, to work out an equitable deal.